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November 2023.

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bidding an honest, last farewell calls for great courage and, arguably, a singular sense of clarity; it's a heuristic message worthy of our attention, particularly if we consider authors and artists who created their own worldviews for us, facing death head-on

during this ordeal, there’s nothing to lose and hide – on the folded edges dividing death and life, every thing matters

it is therefore surprising that no collective philosophical study of this critical lacuna has been undertaken to date (see Lewis 2016, Ward 2004; cf. Critchley 2008)

we welcome contributions to an open book, intended to consist of free-styled responses to a range of farewell messages to posterity:

• death-bed

• death-row

• suicide notes

• eulogy

• headstone epitaph

• anything we missed!

contributions of any length are welcome, authors are encouraged to find a form of expression fitting their subject matter

Confirmed authors:

David Konstan (New York University)

Ken-Ichi Sasaki (University of Tokyo)

Justin Clemens (Melbourne University)

Jon Roffe (Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy)

Anita Lunić (University of Split)

Stefano Marino (University of Bologna)

Joshua M. Hall (University of Alabama)

Matthew Kruger (Boston College)

Jones Irwin (Dublin City University)

Xiao Ouyang (Peking University)

Majid Heidari (Ferdowsi, Iran)

Christine Carmela R. Ramos (Mapúa University)

Joel White (King’s College, London)

Fraser Logan (University of Warwick)

Martin Boszorad (Constantine the Philosopher University)

Kalenga Leon Kalumba (independent)

Ali Ben Nekhi (independent)

Rob Marks (independent)

Lars Straehler-Pohl (independent)

expressions of interest: ongoing

email: Dr Valery Vino at valery.arrows@gmail.com

submissions due: late February '24

e-publication: April '24